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Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées

From one ocean to the other on the French side: Basque forests, glacial cirques, passes at 2,500 m, border cols and Catalan vineyards, along the whole length of the range.

Nouvelle-Aquitaine → Occitanie

Distance
785 km
Stages
34
Elevation gain
39 873 m
Difficulty
hard
Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées and its 34 stage points. Base map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Where to sleep on Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées

Halta lists 703 places to sleep within 5 km of the route: 287 campsites, 69 mountain huts, 312 bivouac spots, 35 hotels. For each one, the app shows the real detour from your stage — and it is that distance, not the straight line, that decides how a day ends.

  • Campsites
  • Mountain huts
  • Bivouac spots
  • Hotels

Alongside the campsites, mountain huts and bivouac spots drawn from open data, there are the hosts of the Halta community: travellers who welcome others into their homes, usually for free. You write to them before you come; you do not book a slot.

The 34 stages of Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées

An indicative split, drawn on real roads: distances and elevation come from route calculation, not from an estimate. In the app every stage can be adjusted — stretched, cut short, or pushed back a day.

Stages of Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées with distance and elevation gain.
#StageDistanceElevation
1 Hendaye → Sare 25 km 1 267 m
2 Sare → Bidarray 31 km 1 069 m
3 Bidarray → Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry 16 km 567 m
4 Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port 17 km 949 m
5 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Estérençuby 12 km 556 m
6 Estérençuby → Chalet d'Iraty 23 km 1 720 m
7 Chalet d'Iraty → Logibar 12 km 513 m
8 Logibar → Sainte-Engrâce 23 km 1 422 m
9 Sainte-Engrâce → Arette-La Pierre-Saint-Martin 13 km 759 m
10 Arette-La Pierre-Saint-Martin → Lescun 19 km 614 m
11 Lescun → Etsaut 10 km 270 m
12 Etsaut → Gabas 26 km 1 808 m
13 Gabas → Gourette 20 km 1 541 m
14 Gourette → Arrens-Marsous 13 km 795 m
15 Arrens-Marsous → Cauterets 27 km 1 592 m
16 Cauterets → Luz-Saint-Sauveur 19 km 1 130 m
17 Luz-Saint-Sauveur → Barèges 8 km 569 m
18 Barèges → Saint-Lary-Soulan 34 km 1 999 m
19 Saint-Lary-Soulan → Loudenvielle 11 km 754 m
20 Loudenvielle → Bagnères-de-Luchon 23 km 1 106 m
21 Bagnères-de-Luchon → Fos 29 km 1 039 m
22 Fos → Sentein 31 km 2 111 m
23 Sentein → Seix 34 km 1 456 m
24 Seix → Aulus-les-Bains 21 km 881 m
25 Aulus-les-Bains → Auzat 21 km 1 501 m
26 Auzat → Mérens-les-Vals 54 km 2 168 m
27 Mérens-les-Vals → Les Bouillouses 31 km 2 414 m
28 Les Bouillouses → Planès 18 km 216 m
29 Planès → Mantet 23 km 1 787 m
30 Mantet → Chalet des Cortalets 26 km 2 033 m
31 Chalet des Cortalets → Arles-sur-Tech 28 km 317 m
32 Arles-sur-Tech → Las Illas 24 km 937 m
33 Las Illas → Le Perthus 25 km 935 m
34 Le Perthus → Banyuls-sur-Mer 38 km 1 078 m

Frequently asked questions about Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées

How many days does Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées take?

Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées takes about 50 days, split into 34 stages over 785 km — an average of 16 km a day. The split is indicative: stages stretch or shorten depending on your form and the weather.

Where can you sleep on Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées?

Halta lists 703 places to sleep within 5 km of Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées: 287 campsites, 69 mountain huts, 312 bivouac spots, 35 hotels. On top of those are the hosts of the Halta community, travellers who welcome others into their homes, usually for free.

How hard is Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées?

Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées is rated hard, with 39 873 m of cumulative elevation gain over 785 km. Per stage, that works out at roughly 1173 m of climbing a day.

Where does Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées go?

Le GR 10, la traversée des Pyrénées runs from Hendaye to Banyuls-sur-Mer, by way of Arette-La Pierre-Saint-Martin, Saint-Lary-Soulan, Mérens-les-Vals, across Nouvelle-Aquitaine → Occitanie. It is travelled on foot and totals 785 km split into 34 stages.

Figures established on 17 September 2026, from Halta’s own data. How they are calculated.

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Étapes indicatives d'après le GR 10 (balisage FFRandonnée). Tracé reconstitué par routage (ODbL, openrouteservice.org). Halta 2026-08. Places to sleep: OpenStreetMap, refuges.info and DATAtourisme (ODbL). Photo : Wikimedia Commons (CC).